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Friday, May 31, 2013

I'm popping in to share a card I made for the CASology challenge ... I've not played here before but I hope to play again - I really love CAS cards, though sometimes I find them very challenging ... The temptation to add more is always there!

The DT have made some really cute cards ... why not hop over and take a look

So, the challenge is simply "Furry" and this is what I came up with

It's a long time since I used this little bear image - a digital from Meljen's designs and I just had to give him a furry blanket to hold

I love this little guy ... but of course I could have printed him onto pink paper and he'd be a she

I did use some foam dots to adhere him to the card but as you can see it's not too thick - Our postal charges here in the UK are making it harder and harder to send cards and there's nothing nicer than receiving something handmade is there?

Well it's a glorious day here - blue skies and sunshine ... we've had a fair bit of rain these past few days

and the garden and the trees are looking very lush

I hope you all have a wonderful day and a great weekend ...

Thanks so much for stopping by and for taking the time to leave such sweet comments - It's really appreciated

Thursday, May 30, 2013

In a few days time my high school friend will be celebrating her Ruby Wedding anniversary ...

It's a date I never forget because I lost my Dad on the same day -

Forty years ... Where does the time go? I can still remember the night my friend met her husband ... She'd recently split from her high school sweetheart and was "down in the dumps" as we say in the UK ... Naturally her friends and family were worried about her so I took her into the city one evening ... to a nightclub.

Whilst she was in the ladies (the restroom) a sweet guy sat next to me and we started chatting ... when my friend came back I introduced them and they immediately hit it off!

The rest as they say is history! They were married within a year and now have a beautiful family including grandchildren. I couldn't be happier for them!Here's the card I made for them

I used a stamp from Inkylicious and added some liquid pearls ... then made a rolled rose from some really luscious red card stock to use as my centrepiece

I added some punched leaves and couldn't resist using a pair of die cut clock hands again ...

Because the flower stands quite proud of the card and I needed to put this in the post ... I came up with the idea of using some packaging like this to place over the front of my card

... then wrapped tissue paper around the whole card and popped it into a bubble envelope... It worked a treat!

I'm entering this into the challenge at Shopping Our Stash... where as it happens the challenge for this week is Graduation or Celebration .. Perfect!

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

It's a new challenge at Papercraft Star today and over the past few weeks each one of the designers has been asked to set the challenge ... This week it's my turn and I'm asking that you create a card or project that features a Handmade Flower(s)

Photo credit Martha Stewart

I just love to see the variety of handmade flowers out there and I've tried many of them yet funnily enough one of my all time favourites is the simplest of all ...

I call them punched and scrunched ... just punch a bunch of them and scrunch them up ...

The colour scheme for this card started with that little piece of ribbon would you believe! I'm just loving the peachy colours as you can tell

I used a Woodware 5 petal punch on scraps of digital papers to create my flowers and just some lightweight white card for one of them...

I love the definition these flowers give

If you've been following Anitra's tutorials on Papercraft Star you will see she showed us how to make some beautiful tattered flowers ... Here

We are really looking forward to seeing your creations this week do please come and join us..

Don't forget to stop by the Blog to check our the lovely projects from the team too!

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Hello ...Before I get onto my City Crafter project - I want to say Happy Birthday Kirsty!!!Yes our lovely Kirsty creator of CCCB is celebrating her birthday today!Kirsty you areAMAZING!!!You are a kind, caring, considerate beautiful lady and a wonderful friend I wish you every happiness today and always ... I am blessed to have you in my lifeHere's the card I made for Kirsty

The lady loves Paris

... and she likes it when I use pink

Have a beautiful day my dear friend

Hop over to the CCCB blog later today to check out the rest of the tributes to Kirsty and please leave her a comment

Monday, May 27, 2013

Another one of our male friends has a birthday tomorrow and on Wednesday my brother celebrates his birthday too! I'll share the card I made for him later in the week

Making masculine cards is not always easy but fortunately the lovely MME Be Amazing papers have kept me inspired ... I just love this set ...

It's not easy to get new releases here in the UK - by time we get them ... The USA is onto another set

... but I'm making use of every last bit of these papers

and I'm loving stars at the moment too ... Can you tell?

We've had lovely weather this weekend and now it has turned cold again ...

The Battle of The Atlantic commemorations have been very well attended and I have a couple of photos taken by my brother to show you

You can see our museum in the background and if you look closely you can just make out a guy being winched out of that helicopter on a mock rescue ... My brother took these shots from way across the bay (click to enlarge)

Saturday, May 25, 2013

My best wishes to all my friends across the pond who are commemorating Memorial Weekend ...

Here in Liverpool we are remembering the Battle of The Atlantic and the port is full of ships ... There are many stories and memories being told and of course there will be wreaths laid for the fallen ... My father served in the Royal Navy during this period - he was only a youngster really ...

How I wish we could all live in peace ...

One of our male friends is celebrating his 60th Birthday in a couple of days ... Here is a card I made for him

Over at Shopping Our Stashthere is a challenge to use a tool in our stash ... either never used or long forgotten ...

I have a Crop A Dile big bite and whilst I regularly use it to punch holes ... I have never been sure just how to use it for eyelets etc., I bought it second hand so the full instructions were not with it ... However, I discovered I could download them from the web (why didn't I think of that before) and gave it a go to attach the brad you see on the star

One problem though ... I didn't manage to squash the back flat without damaging the front slightly hence the gem stone lol!

I guess I'm missing something ...

Why is it that instructions these days seem to be in the tiniest of writing? Have you noticed that? Try holding a magnifying glass and punching a brad at the same time ... Heck I can't even see the little numbers on the tool! I guess you could say it's old age

... And my finished project has these colours ... but maybe a little more

So anyway, here is my recycled card ... now framed

I removed the glass for photo purposes ...

As you can see I added some fabric trim to the top and also to the bottom right along with some rose trim ... There is also some burlap under the nest

The little nest was a left over from Easter and I actually cut it and the eggs in half to fit in the frame ... It sits on some yellow threads and is decorated with leaves rescued from artificial flowers displays and some flowers from my supplies

The little watch was hiding away ... something I salvaged from somewhere ... I gave it a new face courtesy of Tim Holtz junkyard Findings ...

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Can I just say how very sorry I am to hear about the devastation in Oklahoma ... my thoughts are with all of you who have been affected ... I cannot imagine what you are going through. I know we Brits have a 'thing' about the weather ... mostly we complain that it's cold, wet and dull ... but in lots of ways we have to be thankful when we see what mother nature can do.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"What do you find beautiful"I have to say that I skipped around this challenge ... I just kept putting it off ... After all everyday that I visit your blogs I see beauty ... whenever I go over to Pinterest I see beauty ... I started to panic thinking that I am not going to get this challenge done ... But as always .. it finally fell into place

And using a shadow box frame, sponging and stamps and some bits and bobs ... this is my 'beauty'

I find beauty in the unconditional love between a mother and child which I am blessed to have ...

In being at one with nature ... feeling the warmth of the sun ... listening to the sea as it laps upon the shore ... hearing the gulls cry ... marvelling at the wonder of our planet and enjoying the little things that money cannot buy

I love the beautiful memories I have of my son being a child ... His little hand in mine ... And most of all, beauty for me is in peace ... I think my picture reflects this

I used colours that to me are tranquil and a silhouette stamp from my free set from Creative Stamping magazine together with a lovely verse stamp from Inkylicious

Of all the things I've made I have to say that this gives me the most pleasure every time I look at it

Our Guest designer this week is Elmafrom Germany ... her blog is well worth a visit ... just click the link and check out all her beautiful creations ...

And if you want to win a GD spot with us we'd love to have you ... Just link up your entry - If you're looking for more inspiration hop over to the blog and check out Elma and the other designers projects.

On another note ... Thank you for all your comments and your response to our new Library here in Liverpool ... the thing is ... the original building from around 1860 has just had an inner renovation and both an extension to the rear and a dome added to the top ... the outer building isstill remains gloriously untouched being a listed building of historic interest ...

Can you believe that this is the outside

I think the saying ... "Never judge a book by it cover" is so appropriate here Lol!

Friday, May 17, 2013

I spent time in the city with my SIL ... It's been far too long since we were able to have some girlie time ... a little shopping, lunch and a chat over a coffee or two ... It would have been nice if we could have left off the coats and not had to carry umbrellas ... but at least we had fun ...

The world's biggest ocean liner the Queen Mary 2 was in dock and our brand new city library opened today too ... here are a couple of photos of the new library

You wouldn't get me on those stairs ... I'm scared of heights and the glass sides make it even more daunting for me!

I have a little card to share ...

The challenge over at CCCB is about using a stamp 2 different ways ... Where is everyone? I don't see any entries yet ... The DT have shown various methods to use your stamps and here is another way ... Stamping and sponging with ink pads

This is a stamp from Inkylicious and I used various ink pads to sponge this ... I'm still trying to perfect the technique but it's fun mixing colours and seeing the results

I used a couple of 3D stickers and added the lamp post (a memory box die) which was just sitting in my bits box

Well I have to say that all that walking today has worn me out ... I'm going to cook dinner and have a relaxing evening ...

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